| Edible chestnuts [message #4758] |
Tue, 11 November 2008 19:23  |
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Someone says "pie" and we all go on alert, like meercats. "Pie? Where?" - Blackbear
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| Re: Edible chestnuts [message #4769 is a reply to message #4758 ] |
Tue, 11 November 2008 19:58  |
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Roasted chestnuts are lovely and something often served at our local winter SCA events.
If you can find whole chestnuts in tins (here we find them in asian supermarkets) you might like to try this
1 tin of whole CHINESE WATER chestnuts
packet of rashers of bacon
wrap each chestnut in bacon - half a rasher is enuf if its a long one
put on oven tray and cook at 180 deg C for about 15 min - until bacon is cooked
EAT and ENJOY!
[Updated on: Tue, 11 November 2008 21:42] by Moderator
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| Re: Edible chestnuts [message #4773 is a reply to message #4769 ] |
Tue, 11 November 2008 20:11 |
 skating librarian
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I'm confused ... we wrapped Chinese water chestnuts in bacon when I was a kid... I didn't think those had anything to do with chestnuts from trees.
And I'm really puzzled about the tree nut. The only time I ever tried a roast chestnut was from a vendor in Central Park. I was a kid and I didn't like it at all. Trouble is I've developed a taste for some things I found nasty when I was a kid, and others have stayed on the yuck list.
Can anybody tell me enough about the taste so that I'd know whether I should give them another try? Thanks!
"Winning a war is like winning an earthquake" Jeanette Rankin
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| Re: Edible chestnuts [message #4776 is a reply to message #4758 ] |
Tue, 11 November 2008 20:33 |
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Oh yay, a gluten free recipe. Not sure where to get chestnut goo in the states, though. But still, GLUTEN FREE!
When I was a kid my dad got fresh chestnuts and decided to roast them in the oven. I was very excited about this and was hanging close by. But then he opened the oven and there was a small explosion and something shot out and hit the ceiling. And Dad yelled "Hit the dirt!" And we all did, and it was exploding chestnut city. Cleaning up was terrible but funny at the same time. We kept giggling and Dad would say, Stop that! I'd forgotten about that.
"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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| Re: Edible chestnuts [message #4780 is a reply to message #4758 ] |
Tue, 11 November 2008 20:38 |
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We figured that out! (about why they exploded...)
[Updated on: Tue, 11 November 2008 20:40]
"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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| Re: Edible chestnuts [message #4785 is a reply to message #4782 ] |
Tue, 11 November 2008 20:47 |
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Bookmarked! Thank you!
"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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| Re: Edible chestnuts [message #4793 is a reply to message #4773 ] |
Tue, 11 November 2008 21:43 |
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| skating librarian wrote on Wed, 12 November 2008 14:11 |
I'm confused ... we wrapped Chinese water chestnuts in bacon when I was a kid... I didn't think those had anything to do with chestnuts from trees.
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Yes my bad, I forgot they were the Chinese water chestnuts - have edited the recipe
But they are very yummy 
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| Re: Edible chestnuts [message #4808 is a reply to message #4758 ] |
Wed, 12 November 2008 01:37 |
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Diane in MN
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Connie and Roland are seriously sweet on each other–Connie, drat her, has come back into season again, and they spend a lot of time murmuring fondly to each other through the bit of grating at Connie’s end of Roland’s stall.
Oh my, sounds like you and Jenny could be dealing with heavy-duty flirting tomorrow. Am I right in thinking that mares come in season quite frequently until they're bred? Is she a persistent vamp?
Good luck with the weather at the crack of dawn, whatever time that turns out to be. We had a miserable winter-is-coming day, sleet and freezing rain and now light snow. And dark by 5:30. Ah, November.
"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich
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| Re: Edible chestnuts [message #4814 is a reply to message #4758 ] |
Wed, 12 November 2008 07:30 |
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Lucy Coats
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Oh yum! And calorie free too. What a relief, I shan't have to let my trousers out another notch <g>.
I probably should have added this next bit to the Puppy or Signing threads--oh well. Suppose it doesn't matter....
I thought you all--and Robin especially--might like this one. I came back from London with a pile of beautifully signed books. My neighbour hadn't read Robin, and her favourite story is Beauty and Beast--so I naturally lend her my precious newly signed Beauty (first US ed, hardback etc) at once, hoping for another convert. She is a VERY careful woman. This morning she comes in in tears. (Oh lord! Did she HATE it...surely not??!!) She hands me Beauty. THE CORNER IS CHEWED! Her new yorkie pup has picked it out of a pile of 7 other books (including Philip Pullman) and attacked it. I say he is a dog with impeccable taste (it was only a LITTLE chew, with no words harmed). She says he is a VERY NAUGHTY BOY. I leave you to judge which from the photo below..... 
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"'Thou shalt not' might reach the head, but it takes 'Once upon a time' to reach the heart."
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| Re: Edible chestnuts [message #4817 is a reply to message #4758 ] |
Wed, 12 November 2008 09:10 |
skating librarian
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Thanks to all who have contributed to my knowledge of chestnuts. I guess the next step is to go to the coop and see what they have, as I do like nutty ... and of course maple (they'd probably chase me out of Vermont if I didn't like that!).
And I will be careful about worms and mold, and I won't be roasting them myself until I get the stove hooked up again, but I will remember holes to let out the moisture.
"Chestnuts roasting by an open fire" is a Christmas song ... Is it from Auntie Mame?
I'll do a little research on that one. It's obviously not in the Oxford Book of Carols, but the net should do the trick.
"Winning a war is like winning an earthquake" Jeanette Rankin
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| Re: Edible chestnuts [message #4818 is a reply to message #4758 ] |
Wed, 12 November 2008 09:15 |
skating librarian
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Yes, written by Torme and Wells, published 1946 (not in Auntie Mame) called The Christmas Song, first made popular by Nat King Cole, it's full of images of what some Americans like to think Christmas should be like.
The words are on line if you wish to go on with it ... me I'm not ready for Christmas!
"Winning a war is like winning an earthquake" Jeanette Rankin
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| Re: Edible chestnuts [message #4821 is a reply to message #4758 ] |
Wed, 12 November 2008 09:47 |
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Mrs Redboots
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::wipes drool off of chin and keyboard:: Thank you for that recipe, Robin, it sounds lovely.
One year, the chestnut trees where my parents live had a bumper crop (I rather think they will have had this year, too), and I gathered masses; they are ghastly to boil and peel (two skins, and the second one sticks!) but worth it, although puree is quicker and easier. I made a similar recipe to yours, but rolled the result into little balls and ate them as chocolate truffles that Christmas. Not as nice as truffles made with ganache, or even butter icing, but rather less calorific!
Chestnuts, incidentally, are the only nuts without masses of fat, so anybody watching her weight can eat them rather more freely than most nuts. Skating-librarian, I think the taste somewhat resembles that of sweet potatoes, only the texture is different.
Mrs Redboots
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| Re: Edible chestnuts [message #4830 is a reply to message #4758 ] |
Wed, 12 November 2008 13:17 |
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"Slut's chocolate chestnut log, because it was quick and easy"
Oh this is WAY too funny! Just inhaled a bit of milk!
"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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| Re: Edible chestnuts [message #4834 is a reply to message #4758 ] |
Wed, 12 November 2008 13:22 |
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Hrm.... I've got a few different fruit liquors here.... I'm thinking maybe spreading a batch around so some gets orange, some gets chambord (raspberry), some gets rum, maybe anise in one.... this could be fun!
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| Re: Edible chestnuts [message #5164 is a reply to message #5158 ] |
Sat, 15 November 2008 10:26 |
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| Grinkler wrote on Sat, 15 November 2008 02:41 |
| ssshunt wrote on Wed, 12 November 2008 13:06 |
We used to sing "Jack Frost roasting on an open fire / chestnuts nipping at his nose..."
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HAHAHA My mind almost did that to me, too!
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Disturbingly enough, my head was just fine with reading that. I went over it several times before I figure out what was wrong with it. Oops.
Smooshes!
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| Re: Edible chestnuts [message #5176 is a reply to message #4758 ] |
Sat, 15 November 2008 14:35 |
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One Christmas Eve--Mom wanted a "traditional" Christmas eve--we were singing Christmas carols, and I sang, during "Away in the Manger"--
"The cows in the sky look down where he lay."
Needless to say we all broke up--I didn't mean to do it, though I think Mom didn't believe that. So then we get to "O Holy Night"
and my SIL and her son sang
"O holy night, the cows are brightly shining..."
And by then we were all so goofy we ended the sing-a-long with "Bohemian Rhapsody." I had to take the high note (for me/ for me/ for MEEEEEEE!). I eventually got there. ;-}
This was my Dad's last Christmas, and he was having a ball, laughing at all of us. Mom had a prim look--she really wanted the traditional thing, but it was the best Christmas Eve of all.
[Updated on: Sat, 15 November 2008 14:40]
"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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| Re: Edible chestnuts [message #5178 is a reply to message #5176 ] |
Sat, 15 November 2008 15:01 |
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Aww.... that's a really sweet story. Also, cows. ^_^
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 Re: Edible chestnuts [message #5181 is a reply to message #4758 ] |
Sat, 15 November 2008 18:14 |
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:-}
[Updated on: Sat, 15 November 2008 18:15]
"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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